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To: Dave Hummel <HUMMDN36@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU>
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Subject: Re: security/ 2.17 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 06 Feb 1997 15:29:39 EST."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 13:27:35 -0800
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>I'm sure this topic is going to be done to death over the next few days, but I
>haven't seen anything yet and I thought I'd better ask my question before
>everyone is sick of the topic.
>I just bought the 2.1.6 cd's about three days ago. I was checking out the 
>FreeBSD page and for the first time checked out Latest FreeBSD News and saw the
>security warning. I called Walnut Creek CDRom and the sales guy said he hadn't
>heard of it. I'm obviously concerned that I wasted $39.95 on the discs, so I
>was trying to get him to agree to send me the update as soon as it comes out.
>He suggested that I talk to the "FreeBSD guys" about how "official" release
>2.1.7 was going to be. He said something to the affect that if FreeBSD.org was
>releasing 2.1.7 as a CD distribution then they would probably send me a new cd
>set.
>If this makes any sense to anybody, what is going to be the status of 2.1.7?
>How different is it going to be from 2.1.6? If I only have to download /bin I
>guess that's no big deal, but.....
>
>In the mean time I'll just keep my ears out,

   Don't worry. Walnut Creek CDROM has a 100% unconditional guarantee on
all the products they sell. If you are willing to wait, they will send a
replacement CDROM to you when one becomes available (you'll have to ask for
it, however).
   In the mean time, you can install 2.1.6 and apply the fixes for the
problem, or you can wait...your choice.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project